The New Deal
I. FDR and the First New Deal
A. FDR Takes the Helm
1. Roosevelt was generally popular and got good grades
2. Marriage to Eleanor
i. distant cousins
ii. March 17, 1905 they were married
3. An Emerging Politician
i. democrat
ii. 1921 polio left him paralyzed
iii. treatment gave him partial use of his legs
iv. spoke publicly in 1924 since the attack
4. The Roosevelt Victory
i. Roosevelt proposed a solid and straightforward plan of action to end depression
ii. was open to all ideas (ex. Employed Republicans)
iii. The Hundred Days
B. The Hundred Days
1. Moratorium – temporary shutdown of operations
2. Stemming the Bank Crisis
i. William Woodin appointed to resolve bank crisis
ii. FDR reassured the people their money is safer with new banks
3. A New Deal
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D. An Expanded Government Role
1. 14% of all families obtained aid or relief from the federal government
2. Federal Regulation – the expansion of the federal government into almost all aspects of people’s lives
3. The government programs of the New Deal neither eliminated individual poverty nor ended the Depression
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4. Assumptions could have easily included the stereotype of a minority or a culture facing extinction. Native American cultures were generally neglected but when people overanalyze acts that were instated to help the Native American culture, stereotypes and rumors could be concocted.
Many people believed that the New Deal did not go far enough in reforming the economy. On the other hand some believed it went too far. Despite great adjustments and revision, the year 1933 was considered to worst year economically during the depression. Along with internal changes, Roosevelt adopted the Good Neighbor Policy to fix and help United States relations with Latin America (“Good Neighbor Policy,” n.d.). By March of 1934, United States did show some economic recovery. Franklin D. Roosevelt followed in the footsteps of Herbert Hoover when it came to helping the nation economically. He used Hoover’s plan in recovering. Lots of the bills in the New Deal were similar to what Hoover’s strategy was when he was president. Roosevelt brought about a large number of changes. To make things worse, a severe dust storm strikes Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Colorado on May of 1934 which becomes known as the Dust Bowl. That affects the whole country economically and for the people living there socially as well (“Miller Center,” n.d.).
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...e both of them work the United States economy suffered because spending was clearly increased. “President Lyndon. B Johnson’s decision to finance a major war and the Great Society simultaneously, without a significant increase in taxation, launched a runaway double digit inflation and mounting federal debt that ravaged the American economy and eroded living standards from the late 1960’s to into the 1990s”(Oxford Companion 766). It is impossible to avoid economic problems with major spending increases without some tax increases. The poor decision by Johnson to not increase taxes on a war that cost around 167 dollars was not intelligent (Oxford). If Johnson focused on one program or the other the monetary problems would not be so much, but he decided to keep spending in the war and his programs which put the United States in yet another conflict because of the war.
The presidential election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932 had risen the nation’s hope of economic restoration. Over three years of unrelenting hardship had taken damage on the American psyche. Roosevelt’s landslide electoral victory over former president Herbert Hoover, signaled a thorough rejection of the existing state of affairs and a desire for a new approach on “fixing the national economic crisis” (Hurley). The new president would not let down the nation. During his first two terms in office, FDR “enforced legislation through Congress that set a new standard for government intervention in the economy” (wm.edu). The change he made for the nation was radical, the plan would create a lasting impact that benefitted the country for years to come. Although the New Deal did not end the Great Depression, it succeeded in rebuilding the nation’s public confidence in the banking system and the development of new programs that brought relief to millions of Americans.
When Herbert Hoover became president, everything went wrong. In less than eight months the stock market crashed and everything went down. Hoover thought not including the government and what the people thought, was best option he had. Herbert promised that this would all pass that the world would be okay soon. He wanted to be a great president but he wasn't very good at it. If you want to enjoy life for what it truly can be, don't vote for Hoover. Life can be hard and devastating but if we can work together to make it better. Working as a team will help us out tremendously with our current situation and making this world a better place to live in is the goal. Everyone just needs to understand letting people in and letting them
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Regulated federalism a form of federalism, congress rules on the national and local laws, asking them to satisfy the
After the roaring twenties the american economy took a turn for the worst. The Great Depression, the Dust Bowl and the aftermath of WWII all impacted how the economy functioned. Stocks fell, people lost their jobs and their money, businesses failed and citizens were suffering. From 1929 to 1940, the U.S. economy struggled financially and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt devised a plan called the New Deal to try and pull America out of its economic defeat. The New Deal consisted of programs used to try and help reinstate consumer confidence, bring money and jobs to the people and help rebuild the stock market. There were three R’s used within the New Deal; Relief, Recovery and Reform. Relief was the immediate action to stop deflation and